| 单词 | the fifth wheel of a coach, waggon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe fifth wheel of a coach, waggon c. the fifth wheel of a coach, waggon, etc.: proverbially used for something superfluous. See also fifth-wheel n. at Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > that which is superfluous > a superfluous thing, part, or person superfluitya1398 the fifth wheel of a coach, waggon1631 redundancy1631 superfluency1672 expletive1688 a spare prick1961 1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London i. iv. 147 Thou tyest but wings to a swift gray Hounds heele, And add'st to a running Charriot a fift wheele. 1891 Law Times 91 205/2 The functions of the grand juror are too often those of the fifth wheel in the coach. 1902 H. James Wings of Dove xvii. 255 ‘Respect’, in their game, seemed somehow..a fifth wheel to the coach. 1960 J. Bayley Characters of Love iv. 242 Her distress is partly finding herself the fifth wheel of the coach. < as lemmas |
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